Monthly Archives for April 2020

US importers urged to ‘proactively’ challenge demurrage charges US importers and drayage operators need to be more proactive documenting what they believe are unfair detention and demurrage (D&D) charges, speakers said Thursday during a JOC.com webcast.At the same… US importers urged to ‘proactively’ challenge demurrage charges Journal of Commerce

Maersk speeding, slowing US imports amid COVID-19 Through its evolution to become a self-described integrator, Maersk said new capabilities, much of them gained by recent acquisitions, are allowing it to better service US importers amid the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by speeding or slowing their container supply chains. This gaining of greater control of… Maersk speeding, […]

ONE targets global electronic bill of lading capability by mid-year In the latest example of container lines endeavoring to digitize critical ocean freight documents, Ocean Network Express (ONE)… ONE targets global electronic bill of lading capability by mid-year Journal of Commerce

Word of the year: Supply chain Every year, Oxford University Press, the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary, announces its UK and US words of the year (WOTY). Sometimes (such as last year) the word is the same: climate emergency. Sometimes the word differs.  And sometimes, (2015) it is not a word at all: it is […]

Mexico’s Pacific ports brace for deeper volume declines Import volumes through Mexico’s Pacific Coast ports fell 15 to 25 percent in March from the year-earlier period amid the slowdown in Chinese production, and a weak Mexican peso and auto plant closures could delay or weaken any rebound, logistics executives say.Although Chinese… Mexico’s Pacific ports brace […]